Ep. 81: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - Henry (VII), son of the emperor and rebel

History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification

Dirk Hoffmann-Becking

History, Education, Society & Culture

4.9 • 551 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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If you have only listened to the last 5 episodes or so, you may be wondering whether this is really the History of the Germans or whether you have accidentally stumbled into A History of Italy minus the eloquence and humour of Mike Corradi. So today we will leave the shores of the Mediterranean to travel up north, though not with a train of mules carrying gold and silver, camels, dromedaries, leopards and apes as Fredrick II did in 1235. The reason for that journey was nowhere near as joyous as the display of wealth and exotic animals suggests. It is a tale of a father and son relationship that went disastrously wrong… As always, this episode has a dedicated website with the transcript and maps, pictures and additional comments to read along. It is to be found on https://historyofthegermans.com/81-2/ The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by Michel Rondeau under Common Creative Licence 3.0. As always: Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: www.historyofthegermans.com Facebook: @HOTGPod Twitter: @germanshistory Instagram: history_of_the_germans Reddit: u/historyofthegermans Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Historyofthegermans

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the history of the Germans, episode 81, the king in brackets.
0:12.0	If you've only listened to the last five episodes or so, you may be wondering whether this really is
0:17.3	the history of the Germans, or whether you've accidentally stumbled into a history
0:21.6	of Italy, minus the charm and the humor of Mike Karadi. So today we will leave the shores of the
0:28.5	Mediterranean to travel up north, though not with a train of mules carrying gold and silver, camels,
0:34.5	dromedars, leopards and apes, as Frederick II did in 1235.
0:39.6	The reason for that journey was nowhere near as joyous as to display a wealth and exotic animal
0:44.3	suggests. It's a tale of a father and son relationship that went disastrously wrong.
0:51.9	But let me not spoil this amazing story for you just yet. Before we start, I will
0:57.9	today not remind you that the history of the Germans is advertising free thanks to the
1:02.3	generous support of my patrons. You'll probably know this by now. What you will also know is that
1:07.7	very occasionally I highlight other history podcasts that I enjoy
1:11.7	and that I think you may enjoy as well.
1:14.5	One of those is Anglo-Saxon England by Tom Kearns.
1:19.1	Tom is a fully-fledged academic with an Oxbridge background and a PhD in Anglo-Saxon history,
1:24.9	but do not let that stop you from listening.
1:27.3	He is an excellent narrator who brings his stories to life and is the only one who
1:31.8	made me finally understand how all these little English kingdoms link up.
1:36.5	If you like following the journey of a podcaster from an early stage, Tom's your man.
1:42.2	He's on episode 28, so you can easily catch up. His podcast is called
1:46.8	Anglo-Saxon England by Tom Cairns. Now last week we took a possibly too detailed look at
1:54.7	the constitutions of Malfi, Frederick II's great law book. I apologize if that was dragging on a bit, but I'm a lawyer by training
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